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Article: 'BROKEN GLASS' FINDS IRVING WHOLE.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- March 9, 1994
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Byline: FRANK RIZZO - The Hartford Courant
Meet Phillip and Sylvia Gellburg, two haunted characters in Arthur Miller's new play, "Broken Glass." The Gellburgs live in Brooklyn in 1938, and their story is set against the Nazi violence occurring in Germany.
"Broken Glass" takes its title from Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass," when Nazi storm troopers went on a systematic rampage against Jews and Jewish property. It was a warning, ignored by many, of the horror of the Holocaust to come.
In the play, which has its world premiere today at the renowned Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., and opens on Broadway in late April, ...